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USGS | 2014
Seasonally, frozen ground covers approximately one‑third of the conterminous United States, causing increased winter runoff and reduced potential groundwater recharge. The temporal and spatial…
USGS | 2014
For over 20 years, remote sensing data have been used to develop regional hydrological and geomechanical models that include the effects of land subsidence. These studies use InSAR and lidar…
USGS | 2014
Detailed land cover datasets were developed for several ecologically-important areas in Clark County, Nevada, by classifying DigitalGlobe’s QuickBird satellite high-resolution (3 m2) multispectral…
USGS | 2014
Groundwater basins in California are being used as local reservoirs to supplement water supplies. Water managers need more information on the relationship between land subsidence and water extraction…
USGS | 2014
The hydrogeologic framework and structural model of the Rialto-Colton Basin, San Bernardino County, California, was re-evaluated in light of recent studies and the availability of new data. …
USGS | 2014
The USGS, in cooperation with the Bureau of Reclamation, has developed a near-real-time method for determining provisional evapotranspiration (ET) in the Upper Klamath Basin of Oregon and California…
USGS | 2014
Until recently, there has been a scarcity of comprehensive, consistent, timely, and geospatially-detailed information about irrigation needed to support studies linking agricultural land use change…
USGS | 2014
Earth observation data from NASA’s MODIS instruments are helping to improve the accuracy and decision-making effectiveness of a widely used tool for water-quality management. SPAtially Referenced…
FWS | 2014
Pilot-biologists in the Branch of Migratory Bird Surveys (Division of Migratory Bird Management) collect georeferenced locations of aerial flight hazards during annual migratory bird surveys across…
FWS | 2014
Shortages of data on survival rates, mortality factors, habitat selection, and dispersal and migration movements hinder decisions for managing golden eagle populations in the western United States.…
USGS | 2014
High-resolution hydrographic mapping was completed for a pilot area consisting of three 12-digit hydrological units on Skunk Creek near Sioux Falls, South Dakota. A lidar-derived digital elevation…
FWS | 2014
The FWS uses avian radar to monitor bird and bat migration along the shorelines of the Great Lakes (http://www.fws.gov/radar/). Since 2011, mobile avian radar units have been stationed around…